In Nouns^x, Hyphens^x

Just a side note, with nothing to do with the commas: ...and giving it to its soldiers. Most corporations do not have soldiers, so this pronoun leaves me wondering who or what the soldiers do belong to. Of course, if this is science fiction, then perhaps the corporation does have soldiers.

The hyphen is used to signal a compound modifier. No hyphen is needed if no noun is being modified. For example:"This is a life-changing moment!"The moment is neither life, nor changing. It is life changing. "That radio broadcast was life-changing!"Though it is at the end of a sentance, the...

Hi guys, I wouldn't exactly say it's common. I seldom hear anyone say it. I read it in newspaper and magazine articles occasionally. It's always paired with another noun, with or without a hyphen, eg George Bush speak, liberal-speak. It usually sounds pejorative. Best wishes, Clive

Hyphens are rather slippery characters, and many nouns appear in all three forms (bookshop, book-shop, book shop). In this case, however, we are looking at a premodifying adjective, which according to most on-line dictionaries is a single word, secondhand. Still, a goodly number of similar...

Yes, it is used to describe an occupation or hobby. No, it has nothing to do with a family relationship.No, there are no hyphens.No, it is not policeman, but it is a compound noun.

Your questioning is unclear; is this what you mean?--90-day article archive' news, analysis, stories, columns, tools, archive, tracking'-- these are all properly parallel nouns in the listing.an N-dash following the word 'analysis'I suppose it should be an m-dash, but depending on the printing...

It's one thing to drop hyphens from compound nouns, and quite another to drop them from compound adjectives. This can result in confusion (e.g., is he a Japanese art student or a Japanese-art student?). The question is whether you can drop the hyphen when the compound adjective doesn't precede...

I think a preposition can only be followed by noun, pronoun, gerund, and noun phrase. Please have a look on this POST. Link: www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetweenMeaningThese-SentencesUsedPlayCricket/***/Post.htm Use v-b-x-x-v without hyphens in place of *** in the above link.

1-- It looks like an adjective phrase-- or a very truncated adjective clause (no S and no V): my own school, gasping for air....3-- My rationale was that I felt it made it more immediately clear for the reader that 'question-writing' is a single specific task more specific than just 'writing...

Yes, Mr. M. It helps a lot. It kind of engendered some inquiries, though. 1. In your interview in the English-test.net website, you said: From there, it didn't take much thought to realize that I could eliminate the middle man and start my own school, lucrative enough to make Japan a good...